The National tribune., 1887-10-13

Brigade of the division stole a march on them,
and ascending the hill planted the flag on the
summit of the mountain, directly over their
heads, which caused good deal of disappoint-
ment in the First Brigade, as its members had
been in the advance the day before. and had
hoped to put its colors on the mountain first.
Perry Mcdaniel, Co. J. 18th Ohio, Lancaster,
Mo, backs up the statement of number of his
comrades, heretofore published, that his regi-
ment manned the boats that carried Gen.
Hazen's Brigade to Browns Ferry at Chat
tanOoga.
r. NJ. Davis, Captain, Co. Fl, 18th KY. Point
Pleasant, KY, dissents from the opinion ex-
pressed by Gen. Aquila Wiley as to what troops
first reached the crest Of Mission Ridge. The
writer's regiment was in Sam Beattys Brigade,
of Woods Division, which consisted Of the 10Th
Ind, 18th, 10Th and 59th Ohio, 9th and 18th
KY. COmrade Davis describes briefly the
movements of his brigade up the ridge, but says
he believed at the time and does now that the
flag of the 18th KY. was the first to wave on
Mission Ridge.
Louis Duvoo, Co. /, 41st Ohio, Pine, Mich,
thinks the comrades wrong who have said that
the 18th Ohio, or any other regiment outside of
Hazen's Brigade, rowed the boats which con-
veyed it from Chattanooga to Browns Ferry.
He says Hazen's Brigade consisted of the 41st
Ohio, 9th Ky, 10th Ill. and 9th Ind, and they
were able to paddle their own canoes.
yIeksburg Campaign.
r. III. Martin, Co. /, 46th Ind, Delphos, o.,
wishes to correct a typographical error in re-
gard to the formation of his brigade at Champion
Hills. 1t should have been 3ith Ind. instead
of 18th. He asks for information as TO the lOca-
tion of Champions house. Comrade Guernsey,
124th ILL.,, locates it inside the enemy's lines in
their front, but the writer always supposed it
was in the rear of the Union lines, and was used
rs hospital for Hovey's Division. He says the
first artillery shot fired by the enemy took of
the head of a negro who was drawing water at
the well. OF the published designs for the
badge of the Thirteenth Corps his preference is
for the large star with the smaller stars between
the points.
James Hale Corporal, Co. Fl, Goth Wis, jack
son, Mimi, writes concerning the battle of
Champion Hills. He says the brigade was
formed from right to left as follows: 1lth Ind,
29th Wis, 29th Ind, 34th Ind, 9th Ind, and
46th Ind, and was commanded by Pap" Magiu-
mis-. Gen. A. p. Hoyey commanded the division.
The 9th Miss. battery of four guns was imme-
diately in front. Two Of these guns were taken
by the 11th Ind. and others by the Goth Ind.
They drove the rebels about three-quarters of
a mile.
q. III. Frasher, Co. ID, 18th Iowa, Brighton,
Iowa, wishes to inform Comrade Martin, Co. /,
18th Ind, Delphos, o., that at the battle of
Champion Hills the 18th Iowa captured the 9th
Miss. battery and the colors of the 3lst Ala,
which supported the battery. The 18th Iowa
and the 10th Mo. having lost heavily in the
battle of Jackson on the 18th, were left to guard
the wagon train on the morning Of the 18th,
but about o'clock that afternoon were double
quicked two miles to the battlefield, arriving
just in time to check the falling back of a por-
tion of our line. They charged and routed the
enemy, capturing the battery and colors as be-
fore mentioned. He says that after the fight
the 1lth Ind. came up to claim the battery as
ats "meat," and there was prospect for time of
serious trouble between the two regiments over
the matter.
J. T. Condor, Co. A, Goth Ohio, Mission Creek,
Neb., gives credit to the 32d Ohio for the capt
ure of the battery at Champion Hills. The
writer's regiment lay Immediately to the left
of the 32d, and he witnessed the charge and
knows whereof he speaks.
Mobile.
Jacob Sloniger, Co. A, 10th Kan, Mendon,
ILL.,, wishes to correct Comrade Smith, 9th
Iowa, by adding the 10th Kan. to the regiments
mentioned by him as composing the Second
Brigade Second Division, Sixteenth Corps, at
Fort Blakely. The writer says his regiment
was on the skirmish-line on the evening of
April 8, and also in the charge made on Sun
day, April 9.
w. p. Leedom, Corporal, Co. F, 21st No.,
Lancaster, Mo-, asks III the men of the Six
teenth Corps had no part in the capture of Fort
Blakely, what were they there for? He says
that Garrard's entire division, the Second of
the Sixteenth Corps, was in the storming bust
ness at Fort Blakely April 8, 1866. The
writer's regiment lost two color-bearers killed
and third wounded, and As men killed and
wounded. He considers this reasonably good
evidence that the regiment was there and had
something to do with the skirmish. He says
the First Brigade, Second Division, right wing
of the Sixteenth Corps at Fort Blakely, consist
ed of the 5sth ILL.,, Col. Lynch; seth Ind, Col.
Murray; 10th ILL.,, Col. Ii. Kinney; 122d ILL.,,
Col. Renick; 2lst Mo-, Col Best, and the 9th
Ind. battery.
Geo. w. Killing, Co. G, 9th Iowa, haywood,
ILL.,, wishes to correct Comrade Conover in re-
gard TO the distance between Spanish Fort and
Fort Blakely. He says that about week be-
fore the stOrming of Spanish Fort he and two
others procured passes to go from the camp of
the Sixteenth Corps, in front of Blakely, to the
camp just back of Spanish Fort to visit some
friends. He is sure the distance was not more
than three miles. On the morning of April 8,
after coming out of the trenches in front of
Blakely, one Of the enemy's shells struck a pine
tree and exploded, badly damaging the tree
and the writer's right foot. He says the she'll
was fired by 6i-pounder on one OF the rebel
gunboats in Mobile River, and was thrown
about three miles.
JOnatu4u DOWinau, 20. ~, lltn WIS, East
Lincoln, Wis, rallies around the flag of the
Sixteenth Corps, and insists that it had hand
III the capture of Fort Blakely.
Henry Austry, Co. G, l22d ILL.,, Barnard, Mo-,
speaks in behalf of A. j. Smiths Corps at Fort
Blakely. He gives brief sketch of the serv-
ices of the Second Division of that corps in the
siege, and the assault under the eye of Gen. A.
j. Smith.
I. b. Kinton, 21st Mo-, Hodgeman, Kan,
adds his voice to the large number of comrades
who have corrected Comrade Biddleman, SD
Ohio, to the effect that part of the Sixteenth
Corps participated in the capture of Fort
Blakely. The First Brigade, Second Division,
Sixteenth Corps, consisted of the S9th Ind
5Sth, 10th aud l22d ILL.,, 2lst Mo. and Sd Ind.
battery. The brigade was commanded by Col.
Kinney, 10th ILL.,, and took very active part
in the operations against Fort Blakely and in
the final assault.
Homes for Settlers.
Mai. Chas. d. Miller, 10th Ohio Federal Hill,
Fla, writes from the "land of sunshine and
flowers" He says that number of officers OF
the late war conceived the idea Of selecting q
place in Floi Ia in which they could live near
one another, T.. ticularly those whose impaired
health demanded change of climate, that they
might avail themselves of the advantages of
the section. After a careful survey of the State
Federal Hill was chosen. 1t is IL miles south
west Of Jacksonville, and is 136 feet above st.
Johns River. The location is extremely
healthy, with good and pure water and beauti-
full surroundings. The town is prettily laid
out with park in the center, named after
President Lincoln. The avenues and streets
bear the names of noted Union Generals and
battlefelds. The writer speaks in the highest
| terms OF the healthfulness of the climate, and